NOVELTY – The piperonaceae essential oils baed production of isosafrole derivatives has addition of the essential oils to a round-bottom flask with a reflux condenser which is removed once the mixture starts to boil. Then addition of KOH and CaO and reutilization of the condenser yields a solution which is distilled after vacuum filtration for collection of the resulting solution. USE – In industrial chemistry.
D23 (Oils, fats and waxes – including fatty acids, essential oils, but excluding butter (substitutes) and montan wax (C11B, C).); E13 (Heterocyclics.)